புழுங்கு

See also: புழங்கு

Tamil

Etymology

Cognate with Brahui پَلْہئِنْگْ (paḻẖing, “to be boiling, on the boil, stewed; boil with rage”), Old Kannada ಪುೞ್ಗು (puḻgu, “to burn”), Kumarbhag Paharia पुग्̣ऎ (púg̣e, “to boil”), Malayalam പുഴുങ്ങുക (puḻuṅṅuka, “to be boiling, stewed, steamed; parboil”), Tulu ಪುರ್ಗುನಿ (purguni).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʊɻʊŋɡʊ/, [pʊɻʊŋɡɯ]

Verb

புழுங்கு • (puḻuṅku)

  1. (intransitive) to be steamed; to be slightly boiled or steamed; to be parboiled
  2. (intransitive) to boil gently or stew, as rice after the water is poured off
  3. (intransitive) to be sultry, as the weather; to swelter
  4. (intransitive) to be hot with anger
  5. (intransitive) to perspire
    Synonym: வேர் (vēr)
  6. (intransitive) to be envious; to feel heartburning
  7. (intransitive) to wither, fade
    Synonym: வாடு (vāṭu)
  8. (intransitive) to be troubled
    Synonym: வருந்து (varuntu)
  9. (transitive) to be angry, indignant
    Synonym: சின (ciṉa)

Conjugation

Conjugation of புழுங்கு (puḻuṅku)

Derived terms

  • புழுக்கம் (puḻukkam)
  • புழுங்கல் (puḻuṅkal)
  • (causative) புழுக்கு (puḻukku)

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), “puḻuṅku”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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